Usefulness of dobutamine echocardiography in the hemodynamic assessment of mechanical prostheses in the aortic valve position

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 523-526

  Zabalgoitia, Miguel ^a   Kopec, Keith ^a   Abochamh, Dia A ^a   Oneschuk, Lori ^a   Herrera, Cesar J ^a   O'Rourke, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0030865909     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00410-4     Document Type: Article

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